Seoul Station’s Necromancer – Chapter 8

Chapter 8 – To Home (2)

 

“Huh . You were alive, Woojin . ”

His home room teacher from his 3rd year in high school looked as if he had seen a ghost . Woojin laughed bitterly . Numerous people had died during the Dungeon Shock, and it seemed Woojin was counted as one of the casualties .

In reality, it had been 20 years since they met again, so he didn’t feel much emotions . The teacher looked for Woojin inside the student record .

“Ah . Here is your phone number . ”

Rrring .

The teacher immediately called the number . The number may or may not have changed .
Would he be able to hear his mother’s voice? Had the number changed?
Woojin was sitting on the opposite sofa, and his heart was pounding .

[Hello?]

The home room teacher heard a tired middle-aged woman’s voice . He used a special tone of voice reserved for speaking to a student’s parents .

“Yes, hello . My name is Lee-sangwoo . I’m a teacher at Mido High school . ”

[What? Mido High school?]

The shaking voice seemed similar to the dimly remembered voice of his mother . Woojin’s heart sped up, and it felt like he was out of breath .

“Yes . Are you by any chance Mrs . Lee-soogyung?”

[Yes . You are correct . What is it you need? If its Mido High school, then it was the school our eldest went to… . ”

Woojin felt like his heart was about to stop when he heard the voice across the phone . Even when he was hit squarely by Balrok’s Whip, it didn’t hurt as much as this .

Woojin snatched the hand phone as if he was stealing it, then he spoke in a shaking voice .

“Mom . ”

[…… . ]

There were no words spoken across the phone . However, one could tell how surprised she was . She must have been shaking so much, since her entire feelings was conveyed to him .

“Mom . This is Woojin . Kang-woojin . ”

It was harder to speak the word ‘Mom’, then using a 9th Circle magic spell . His throat was **** in knots, and he was barely able to hold back his tears . Instead of hearing words from across the phone, he could only hear the sound of weeping .

[W…Woojing? Is it really our Woojin? Are you really our Woojin?]

At the sound of her wails, Woojin couldn’t even guess how much sorrow she had endured . The sadness turned into joy as his tears fell .

“I’ve returned . ”

[Uhuh, uh-oong . (TLN:crying sfx) My Woojin . ]

He had survived 20 years for this moment .

“Where did you move to? I’ll go there . ”

[No . I’ll come over there . I’ll be there soon, so don’t move an inch from there . ]

He heard the sounds of hurried feet . Woojin gave the teacher his phone .

“Whew . ”

He let out a long breath he had held as he tried to swallow his tears .

After the teacher received the phone from him, he tried to calm the mother . He ended the call only after a lengthy conversation . At this sight, Woojin was reminded he needed to buy a phone soon .

“She’ll be here in about one or two hours . ”

“Whew . Thank you, teacher . ”

“Uh-whew . I didn’t really do anything . I’m more thankful that you are alive . ”

“Do you miind if I look around the school?”

“Well, do what ever you want . ”

Woojin thought it would be boring to sit in one place for two hours, so he exited the staff room . ”

“Whew . Let’s go see Jaemin . ”

When his mother arrives, he’ll have to repay the money he borrowed from Jaemin in haste . He felt embarrassed to receive money from his parent when he was already 24 years old .  However, he had decided to repay her back by dedicating his entire life to being a good son .

Just at that moment, kids crowded into the hallway since it was break time . He squeezed by people as he walked . He was boldly walking around wearing a white t-shirt and shorts one would only wear when going to sleep, so many students gave him a once over .

‘Wa, he’s really handsome . ’

‘He’s really tall . I heard he is our school’s alumni . ’

If it wasn’t for the other students in uniform, the female high school student would have exclaimed him to be their ideal type . They whispered among themselves, and they clapped their hands in delight .

‘Wa . His fashion is so unsophisticated . ’
‘Shit . He’s frighteningly thick . What did that **** used to do?’

The male students secretly made fun of Woojin .
Woojin ignored them, and he found Jaemin’s classroom . Jaemin wasn’t even able to go to the restroom during the break as kids surrounded him .

“Hey, Jaemin . ”

Woojin approached Jaemin in a friendly manner, and this surprised the gathering around him . Soo-hyuk and the other kids, who had suffered under Woojin, tried to avoid meeting his eyes . The other kids glared at Woojin, then they mocked him .

“Who is this bitch?”

“Wow . Were you afraid of becoming the outcast, so you called in your big brother?”

At most, there were seven of them . They looked at Woojin, and they grinned . Jaemin, who had a worried expression, met his eyes . Jaemin was slowly shaking his head from side-to-side when Woojin yelled .

“All of you playing as bullies follow me up to the roof . ”

With an obstinate expression, Woojin went in the front with the downcast Jaemin, and they headed towards the roof . The bullies followed after them with a dumbfounded expression on their faces .

“Wa . Let’s give them a **** beating . Hey, go call the kids in the other classes . ”

Soohyuk secretly followed after the kids as they headed towards the roof . There were over 20 kids following after them, so he tried to push yesterday’s events out of his memory .

‘That’s right . I was careless, so I was hit in the vitals by mistake . That **** probably can’t do much against this number . ’

Including Soohyuk, over twenty bullies stepped on to the roof .

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“One . ”

A haughty voice came out of Woojin’s mouth .

“We are!”

The bullies were lined up in a line, and they simultaneously lowered their body to the floor doing a push-up .

“Two . ”

“Jaemin’s minions . ”

Twenty five students were in a line, and they were doing push-ups at the same time . Even Do-jaemin, who was directly involved, couldn’t hide his surprise .

‘What did he learn at the Jiri Mountain?’

He must have learned martial arts . If not, how could he defeat the twenty five large bullies in a flash by himself?

It really took less than 1 minute . He had already made them do 50 push-ups, yet the break hadn’t ended yet . When the teens’ arms started to tremble, Woojin gathered them in one place .

“Hey, everyone come over here . ”

The bullies’ faces were considerably flushed, and Woojin grinned at this sight .  He had held back since this was Earth .  If it was Planet Alphen, then they wouldn’t have been able to stand up .

He probably would have enslaved them after making their bodies Undead .  Then he just need a little magic to **** their souls .

“What do you think this is?”

“It’s a s . . steel pipe . ”

“That’s right . Whoever brought this is quite hopeless . ”

Some **** had brought a steel pipe to beat Woojin with it . He grasped the steel pipe then he easily bent it . As if this wasn’t enough, he grabbed both ends of the bent steel pipe, then he pulled .

Zzzzzt .

The steel pipe stretched like a stick of caramel . In a moment, it couldn’t take the tension, so it was ripped in half . The bullies looked at him as if their soul had been ripped away, and Woojin threw the broken steel pipe to the floor .

Ggahng .

Woojin put an arm around Jaemin’s shoulder, who was standing next to him .

“You won’t bother Jaemin any more?”

“We won’t bother him . ”

“We’ll absolutely not bother him . ”

Woojin nodded his head as if he was satisfied with the shouts in front of him .

“Don’t try to make him the outcast, and you guys should get along with him . All right?”

“Yes . Yes!”

“Then go back to class . ”

At Woojin’s word, the bullies felt relieved that they were still alive . Then they bickered to be the first one to get off the roof .  Jaemin looked at Woojin with a devastated expression .

“How am I suppose to go to school now…”

Rumors of such a large incident would be spread across the school . Woojin smile brightly as he looked at his sour expression .

“I thought you were only going to study? Now no one will torment you . ”

Huh? What is this? His argument was persuasive .
He was only going to study, so why should he care if he didn’t have some friends?
Woojin patted Jaemin’s shoulder, when he saw his flustered expression .

“Right . I was able to contact my mother . Soon I’ll be able to repay the money you lent me . ”

“N . . no . It’s ok, big brother . ”

“It wouldn’t be right . ”

Woojin was excited at the prospect of meeting his mother . Jaemin impatiently waited for the bell to ring, and he wanted to end the conversation with Woojin as quickly as possible .

“Ah, I’ll repay your kindness . It couldn’t have been easy to let a stranger sleep over for a night . ”

“Haha . No . Big brother helped me first . You even did so today . ”

He’ll be embarrassed in the near future, but it wouldn’t be too bad . It seemed as if the bullies wouldn’t bother him any more .
They’ll probably torment him with petty and cheap methods .

“Yes . I’m glad you think of it like that . If I buy a hand phone, I’ll contact you . If those **** bother you again, then you can call me . ”

Woojin took out the piece of paper from the pocket in his short, and he shook it .

‘Ha, he didn’t lose it . ’

It was a fake number he had made up . He felt a bit guilty, so Jaemin laughed awkwardly .

“Yes, big brother . Congratulation on reuniting with your mother . ”

“Ha ha . Thanks . You should continue to study hard, and get a job in a great company . ”

When the bell rung, Jaemin knew this was his chance . He bowed to say goodbye, then he ran toward his classroom .  Woojin remained on the roof as he just grinned .

“The weather is quite nice . ”

Maybe it was, because there were less cars . The sky above Seoul looked very clear today .
Woojin stood there for awhile, then he saw a taxi stop in front of the front gate . His heart felt like it was about to stop, when he saw the woman hurriedly head towards the school .

“Mom…”

Woojin calmed his heart, then he head towards the staff room .